EKO helmet is designed to enhance the safety measures for cyclists in the urban areas by integrating bone-conduction technology, which lets the users hear the outside noises while listening to music on the road. It also feature 360° lights to increase visibility and awareness of the cyclist to other traffics.
Hi-Tech Safety Features
The 360° light makes sure that you are visible to other motorists on the road for everyone’s safety. While the bone conduction headphone ensures that you hear your surrounding better and safer cycling experience.
Adapting Bone Conduction Tech
EKO is integrated with bone conduction headsets which enables the users to hear the surrounding sounds while listening to music at the same time. Since the user is still audibly aware of the surrounding it decreases the level of distraction from the music.
WITH bone conduction HEADSET
How Bone Conduction Works
The human body can transmit sound through bones as well as via sound waves traveling through the ear canal.
Bone conduction bypasses the ear drum, converting sound waves into vibrations that are sent through the cranial bones directly to the cochlea.
Normal Headphones Are Unsafe
Normal headphones blocks the street sounds which increase the chance of accidents.
WITH NORMAL EARPHONE / HEADPHONE
Pedestrians and cyclists killed while wearing headphones tripling in a six-year period.
Listening to music reduces the amount of attention available by around 10%, increasing the likelihood of an accident.
Hearing headphones decreases the awareness of street sounds like incoming traffics, sirens and car horns.
A cyclist wearing a headphone gets into an accident
Connects to your phone
Listen to music from your phone via Bluetooth connection.
The bone conductor is strategically positioned on the temporal bone (on top of the ears) for better sound clarity when you are listening to music from your phone via Bluetooth.
The electromechanical transducer in the headset converts electric signals (sounds) into mechanical vibrations to send sound to the internal ear through contact with the cranial bones.
All Controls Within Reach
A wireless helmet controller can be attached to a bike handle for accessibility so you control the lights and music without taking your hands off.
The thumb stick on the controller is the only moving part and it can control all the features of the helmet such as lights and music.
What’s Inside?
EKO is engineered with various technology that is integrated within the helmet without compromising the comfort and safety your life.
Interview with a cyclist
I met Alex as he was cycling in front of me without hearing a helmet while listening to a music on a headphone. I realized that he’s the perfect user I was trying to address for this project so I decided to stop him. He was kind of enough to let me interview him about his cycling activity for my research.
Alex H.
28 years old
Wears a headphone while cycling
Cycles daily for work & leisure
Wears a helmet on street but not on bike paths
Wears a light reflective jacket during night ride
Helmet has protected his head during multiple cycling accidents
Invested $170 on bike lights!
Note from Alex regarding helmet ad-ons
Helmet add-ons such as light and camera can be seriously harmful even during minor falls. They can cause the head to turn drastically during a fall which can result to severe impact on the neck and spinal cord making the fall more dangerous.
